Heinz Halder

Heinz Halder (died 19 October 1941) was a General of Nazi Germany and Chief-of-Staff of the Wehrmacht at the time of Operation Barbarossa during World War II. On the night of 19 October 1941, he met with three other army group commanders in the Russian city of Orsha to coordinate the war with the Soviet Union, and these commanders were killed by a Red Army sniper unit.